December 13, 1925 a legend was born and today Dick Van Dyke turned 90 and celebrated his birthday in the happiest place on earth…Disneyland.

Because he is a legend there was a whole day of fun festivities planned out. He danced to Step In Time and Rapped to A Spoon Full Of Sugar and when he was done everyone sang Happy Birthday to this amazingly youthful guy who brought so much joy to a lot of peoples if not everyones home.

In Honor of Dick Van Dyke, here are some awesome fun facts about him!

He was born in West Plains, Missouri

Comedian Jerry Van Dyke is his younger brother

Dick performs with an a cappella group The Vantastix

April 14, 1960 he was in the Broadway musical Bye Bye Bridie as Albert Peterson and reprises the role in the 1963 film

He won a Tony Award in 1961 for Bye Bye Birdie

Served as a U.S Army Air Corps during WW2

In 1964 he won an Emmy Award for a Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series for The Dick Van Dyke Show

In 1964 he won a Grammy along with Julie Andrews for Best Recording for Mary Poppins

In 2012 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award

At the age of 86 he marries his personal makeup artist Arlene silver.

In 1964,1965, and 1966 Dick won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by and Actor in a Leading Role for The Dick Van Dyke Show

He also wins one more Emmy Award in 1977 for Van Dyke and Company.

He released 2 memoirs one May 3, 2011 called My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business and one just recently October 13, 2015 called Keep Moving: And Other Tips About Aging.

I hope you guys enjoyed todays blogmas day 13 and of course hope you got to make it to the park for this awesome celebration! What is your favorite DVD character? Mine is definitely Bert from Mary Poppins. Happy 90th Birthday Dick van Dyke!